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Re: [PATCH] change Perl syntax to support Perl 5.6

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Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@develooper.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2008, 19:54 UTC
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On Aug 30, 2008, at 10:39, Robert Schiele wrote:
> git-add--interactive has one Perl command that was not yet present in
> Perl 5.6.  Changing this single command makes it compatible again.

Perl 5.8.0 was released six years ago. Perl 5.6.0 was released in *2000*. I think we can safely tell people to get with the program and use Perl 5.8.

> This is an alternative to my previous patch that just declared Perl  
> 5.8 to
> be the required version.
+1 to that one.
  - ask
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Message 27 of 29 in “change Perl syntax to support Perl 5.6”
  1. change Perl syntax to support Perl 5.6Robert Schiele, Aug 30, 2008
  2. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  4. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  5. Robert SchieleAug 30, 2008
  6. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiAug 30, 2008
  8. Robert SchieleAug 30, 2008
  9. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008
  10. Randal L. SchwartzAug 31, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2008
  12. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008
  13. Jakub NarebskiAug 31, 2008
  14. Petr BaudisAug 31, 2008
  15. H. Peter AnvinSep 1, 2008
  16. Robert SchieleSep 1, 2008
  17. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008
  18. Brandon CaseySep 4, 2008
  19. Tom G. ChristensenSep 5, 2008
  20. Jakub NarebskiAug 31, 2008
  21. Jay SoffianSep 1, 2008
  22. Alex RiesenSep 1, 2008
  23. Avery PennarunSep 2, 2008
  24. Avery PennarunSep 2, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  26. Randal L. SchwartzAug 31, 2008
  27. Ask Bjørn HansenAug 31, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2008

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